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meal worms

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Question
Hi,

My name is Sophia and I am 8.  I want a snake that only eats meal worms.  What snake would that be please?

Answer
There are none.  Allmost all snakes which do well in captivity and make good pets eat rodents.  Many will take frozen thawed if you want to avoid live prey, but rodents are their diet.  You could try a rough-scale green snake which would eat crickets, worms, lizards, or maybe a garter or water snake that would eat frogs, fish, or crayfish.  But, none of those are as easy to care for, long-lived, or evenly tempered as a corn snake, ball python, boa, etc.  Sorry!